PHIL 10103 Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Science, Fall 2019 
Don Howard
University of Notre Dame

Syllabus

First Discussion Paper (Due September 23)

How to Keep a Good Journal

Philosophy Department Guidelines Regarding Plagiarism

Plato and His Dialogues

Map of Athens in the 5th Century BC

The Divided Line

Handout on the Divided Line and the Parable of the Cave

 

The Lyceum

 

Main Concepts in Aristotle's Natural Philosophy

 

Eudoxan and Ptolemaic Model

Retrograde Motion of the Planets

Retrograde Motion Only at Opposition

Another Animation of the Ptolemaic System

The Ptolemaic System

Kepler's Nested Solids Model

Eratosthenes Determination of the Earth's Circumference

Tycho Brahe's Instruments

Galileo's Telescope

Schreiner's Helioscope

Phases of Venus

Joshua's Defeat of the Amorite Kings

Tool Use by Apes

Koko - Apes and Language

E. O. Wilson Sociobiology

Parthenon

Socrates' Cell 1

Socrates' Cell 2

Socrates' Cell 3

Socrates' Cell 4

Socrates' Cell 5

Socrates' Cell 6